NYPD Rape Acquittal: The Fallout

Yesterday, NYPD officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were acquitted of charges of raping a drunk woman in her East Village apartment. It was... a shocker, for sure. Here's the latest on the day after:

The jury! What were they thinking? According to the NYT, it came down to a lack of physical proof of rape. Though jurors seemed to dislike the cops in the case, they didn't feel that the evidence was rock-solid. "None of us believed anything that anyone said," one juror said.

After the verdict, Kenneth Moreno said he believed the woman "made the whole thing up," but added "I wish her no harm."

Round two, TK: The alleged victim still has a $57 million civil suit pending against the city and the two officers.

Actually, former officers. Due to the pair's conviction of "official misconduct" in the case, they've been fucking fired from the NYPD. Yeah.

The woman whose security camera recorded the officers repeatedly entering the alleged victim's apartment on the night in question is "heartbroken" by the verdict.

A rally against the verdict is being held at 5 p.m. today in downtown Manhattan.

This case was so outrageous that it even made Andrea Peyser write a decent column. Incredible.